Life every day. November-December 2016 Glad tidings - Jeff Lucas

Glad TidingsWhen Christmas starts to approach, it is so easy to get caught up in the sheer amount of extra work: making plans, buying presents, sending cards and so on. But the 'reason for the season', as the saying goes, is so much more important. What are we actually celebrating? Why does it matter? And how should we celebrate in such a way that Christ is honoured, rather than His birth being used as an excuse to eat too much, spend too much money and waste a few days?In his wonderful style, Jeff Lucas digs deep into the Bible, taking a fresh look at the first Christmas and exploring its significance at the time - how it was foretold many years before by the Old Testament prophets and what it means to us now, in 2016.